Legal Opinion
United States v. Neem Shiva Dass and Ma Surina Dasi, Marvin Neer, Gerald Terpak
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided June 13, 1988No. 87-1006, 87-1091 and 87-1112PublishedCited by 34 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
O’SCANNLAIN, Circuit Judge:
The government appeals these cases in which the district court granted suppression motions on the ground that the length of the warrantless seizures violated the fourth amendment. We affirm.
FACTS AND PROCEEDINGS BELOW
In the fall of 1983, law enforcement authorities began an effort to catch marijuana growers on the Island of Hawaii who used the mail to distribute their crops. In this operation, agents collected suspicious packages at certain post offices on the Island of Hawaii for dog sniffs. If the dog sniff suggested the presence of marijuana, the agents would…
2Cases cited10 opinions
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